I know Asus makes great quality boards than Asrock. But, under what situations should I go for Asrock boards over the Asus boards when I'm having no budget limit? (Z97 or H97 - based boards)
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ASRock Inc. is a Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer which focuses on the development of motherboards, industrial PCs, and HTPCs.
ASRock was originally spun off from Asus in 2002 in order to compete with companies like Foxconn for the commodity OEM market. Since then, ASRock has also gained momentum in the DIY sector and plans for moving the company upstream began in 2007 following a successful IPO on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.[1]
In 2010 it became part of Pegatron.[2] Asrock currently produces consumer, server, workstation and HTPC motherboards.
ASRock has distributors in over 90 countries around the world and branches in Europe, US and China.
ASRock is the world’s third largest motherboard manufacturer,[3] having cooperated with Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - 12 times FPS World Games championship record holder - in the development of a gaming-oriented enthusiast motherboard in 2011. Additionally, in early 2012 ASRock enlisted the help of HWBOT world overclocking champion, Nick Shih.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASRock
ASRock was originally spun off from Asus in 2002 in order to compete with companies like Foxconn for the commodity OEM market. Since then, ASRock has also gained momentum in the DIY sector and plans for moving the company upstream began in 2007 following a successful IPO on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.[1]
In 2010 it became part of Pegatron.[2] Asrock currently produces consumer, server, workstation and HTPC motherboards.
ASRock has distributors in over 90 countries around the world and branches in Europe, US and China.
ASRock is the world’s third largest motherboard manufacturer,[3] having cooperated with Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel - 12 times FPS World Games championship record holder - in the development of a gaming-oriented enthusiast motherboard in 2011. Additionally, in early 2012 ASRock enlisted the help of HWBOT world overclocking champion, Nick Shih.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASRock
No budget limit? Get the Asrock x99 Extreme 11 for $650, lol
Why should I choose that over this for 1099$? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132225
Lol, just kidding. Let my question be: With budget not being the restriction, what advantages I have when going to Asrock over Asus boards (except for the Brand name/ looks though)?
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No budget limit? Get the Asrock x99 Extreme 11 for $650, lol
Why should I choose that over this for 1099$? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132225
Lol, just kidding. Let my question be: With budget not being the restriction, what advantages I have when going to Asrock over Asus boards (except for the Brand name/ looks though)?
lol, why is that board selling for so much when it looks...outdated?
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http://vr-zone.com/articles/gigabyte-set-take-fight-asus-motherboard-segment-year/71890.html
This may help Agera
This may help Agera
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Well, I had a Asrock mobo before and it was very good quality, even after it was almost fried by a power surge, it was still working, just not for super heavy stuff. So now I moved to Asus and I don't know if they're good yet since all I got to do was look at it, I haven't assembled my PC yet. But I can tell you in a few hrs 
So I guess I like both of them for mobo manufacturers.
So I guess I like both of them for mobo manufacturers.
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I have 6 computers in the house - 2 have ASROCK mobos, 2 have ASUS mobos, 1 MSI and 1 Gigabyte. When you compare "failure rates" of these major manufacturers, they are all really close. Performance metrics of these mobos are close as well.
As for one being "better" than the others....I would say that most of it will be personal opinion...all product good quality and good performance - the real trick here is going through the features of each mobo and doing an exact comparison of what is included with the mobo and the capabilities.
A mobo that is $250 can't be compared to the one that is $125 - the feature set will be quite different. They use different chipsets (audio, LAN, SATA, RAID, etc.,) and have different capabilities when it comes to OC'ing the processors, installing SLI/Crossfire GPUs, etc.....Usually the higher the price, the better components and features are installed (not allways).
As for one being "better" than the others....I would say that most of it will be personal opinion...all product good quality and good performance - the real trick here is going through the features of each mobo and doing an exact comparison of what is included with the mobo and the capabilities.
A mobo that is $250 can't be compared to the one that is $125 - the feature set will be quite different. They use different chipsets (audio, LAN, SATA, RAID, etc.,) and have different capabilities when it comes to OC'ing the processors, installing SLI/Crossfire GPUs, etc.....Usually the higher the price, the better components and features are installed (not allways).
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Asrock makes good boards , I own the 990FX Extreme 9 , best AM3+ OVERCLOCKING BOARD ON THE MARKET.
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I think this is almost as "heated" of a question as Intel vs. AMD or NVIDIA vs. AMD. It would be an easier question to answer if one of the manufacturer's produced "garbage" and the other produced "gold" only....
I select components based on budget, compatibility, features and capabilities. Each build is different, and the needs will be different.
I select components based on budget, compatibility, features and capabilities. Each build is different, and the needs will be different.
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My personally, I prefer Asus mobo's. I find their bios just as easy to use as asrock, but the included software is just better. I really liked Asus fan Xpert2, probably the easiest and most user friendly fan software there is. Asrock has Xfast lan, proven to be faster than what Asus has to offer in similar price ranges, so if you are heavy into steam games, this maybe a selling point. In benchmarks, Asus mobo's entire chipset design usually comes out ahead of asrock, but it's not something an end user would ever notice. Asus also has a slightly better board layout when it comes to things like fan connectors, having them in more user friendly places. But those are my tastes and opinions. Just wish Asus would actually make boards in more versatile colors. The black and tan just doesn't do a thing for my visual tastes.
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I would love to see custom mad "tuf shields" for different mobos.....even if it didn't directly attach to the mobo....it would be cool.
http://themodzoo.com/forum/topic/683-case-mod-diy-guide-painting-asus-tuf-shield/
http://themodzoo.com/forum/topic/683-case-mod-diy-guide-painting-asus-tuf-shield/
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